THE HEROIC Queensland taxi driver who saved the lives of 11 people trapped on a burning bus has revealed his greatest desire is to save his long-lost brother.

Aguek Nyok, 31, was hailed a national hero after he kicked in the door of a bus on fire in Moorooka, in Brisbane’s south, in October and rescued the passengers who were trapped inside.

The Coopers Plains father-of-four said he had been trying to get back to his “normal life” since the fire but first he wanted to return to his homeland in South Sudan and find his older brother, Gwing Nyok.

Mr Nyok fled his home in war-torn Abyei, a heavily disputed region in South Sudan, a decade ago after a violent attack on his village in the middle of the night.

“We woke up at midnight and it was just firing bullets everywhere, everyone tried to find somewhere and we ran in different directions,” he said.

“After that night I never saw my brother again.”

Now Mr Nyok plans to return to his homeland in January for four weeks in an attempt to find him.